The 2016 shoes are in, featuring Ariel, Dumbo, Mickey & Minnie Mouse!

UPDATE 8/25/15: Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend

Runners can sign up at nbvirtualqueue.com using their bib numbers starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, September 3 for an early chance to buy the shoes at the Disneyland Half Marathon Health & Fitness Expo. Everyone else (and runners too) can sign up at 6 a.m. on Friday, September 4 and Saturday, September 5. The queue is first come, first served. Scroll down for more info on buying the New Balance Disney running shoes.

Plus, New Balance has released a new pair of Donald Duck inspired Fresh Foam Boracay shoes for the occasion! Read all about it:

UPDATE 5/1/15: Tinker Bell Half Marathon Weekend

Runners can sign up at nbvirtualqueue.com using their bib numbers starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, May 7 for an early chance to buy the shoes at the Tinker Bell Half Marathon Health & Fitness Expo. Everyone else (and runners too) can sign up at 6 a.m. on Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9. The queue is first come, first served. Scroll down for more info on buying the New Balance Disney running shoes.

Plus, New Balance has released a new pair of Tinker Bell inspired Fresh Foam Boracay shoes for the occasion! Read all about it:

UPDATE 2/14/15: Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend

Runners can sign up at nbvirtualqueue.com using their bib numbers starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, February 19 for an early chance to buy the shoes at the Disney Princess Half Marathon Health & Fitness Expo. Everyone else (and runners too) can sign up at 6 a.m. on Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21. The queue is first come, first served. Scroll down for more info on buying the New Balance Disney running shoes.

Plus, New Balance has released a new pair of Mickey and Minnie inspired shoes for the occasion! Read all about it:

UPDATE 1/14/15: Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend

Runners can sign up at nbvirtualqueue.com using their bib numbers starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, January 15 for an early chance to buy the shoes at the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend Health & Fitness Expo. Everyone else (and runners too) can sign up at 6 a.m. on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17. The queue is first come, first served. Scroll down for more info on buying the New Balance Disney running shoes.

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2015 Disney Running Shoes Unveiled

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna from January 7-11 is just around the corner, which means the arrival of the 2015 New Balance Disney running shoes!

2015 Retro Minnie Shoes (runDisney)

New Balance announced they’re releasing a new limited edition runDisney shoe for 2015: Retro Mickey and Retro Minnie 990v3 inspired by Steamboat Willie, the black and white film that introduced the iconic mice to the world in 1928. The new pairs of kicks (above) debut at the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend Health & Fitness Expo starting January 7.

The black and white shoes in men’s sizes ranging from 7 to 15, and grey and white in women’s sizes ranging from 5.5 to 12, have musical notes on the front sole, images of Mickey and Minnie, character signatures and Mickey heads on the liners. They will sell for $185. Check out a 360 degree view of the shoes and scroll to find out how to buy them.

The 2014 shoes

2014 Disney Running Shoes Return

Didn’t get your hands on any of the 2014 shoes? Not to worry! New Balance is bringing them back to the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend presented by Cigna in Florida and Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend presented by Sierra Nevada Corporation from January 15-18 at Disneyland in California. That includes the stability 860v4 Sorcerer Mickey & Pink Minnie Disney running shoes and the neutral 890v4 Goofy & Cinderella Disney running shoes.

How To Buy New Balance Disney Running Shoes in 2015

Want to snap up a pair of the 2014 or 2015 Disney running shoes? They’re only available at runDisney race expos throughout the year. Your first chance is coming up soon at the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend.

The only way to get a spot to buy the shoes is through NBvirtualqueue.com. At Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, two of the four expo sales days are reserved exclusively for runners, with the general public able to make an appointment to buy shoes during the other two days.

2015 Retro Mickey shoes (runDisney)

Runners can sign up in the virtual queue using their bib numbers starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday, January 7 and Friday, January 9 for an early chance to buy the shoes. Everyone else (and runners too) can sign up at 6 a.m. on Thursday, January 8 and Saturday, January 10.

After you sign-up, you’ll get a text or e-mail confirming your group letter and a time to return to the expo. Then you’ll get a second notification when it’s time to high-tail it to the expo for your appointment. Head to the New Balance booth. They’ve got a queue that tells you when it’s your turn. You can reserve one style and size through the virtual queue, and pick up to five more pairs at your appointment.

You don’t have to actually register for any of the races to buy the shoes. The expos are free and open to the public. But you do have to get to Florida or California at the right time and follow the instructions at NBvirtualqueue.com.

As a member of the media, runDisney sometimes gives me complimentary race entries, hotel, and park tickets for their events. But I bought my own 2014 New Balance Disney running shoes! As always, all opinions are purely mine. I firmly believe in being honest about my experiences. Seriously. For more, read my Disclosure Policy.

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Karla Bruning is a race announcer at the TCS New York City Marathon + other major events, TV host for the New York City Triathlon + contributor to Shape, Redbook, Runner's World + other publications. She used to report for Newsweek but spent her free time squeezing in workouts. Now it's her job. She's run 8 marathons, 30 halves, 10 triathlons + open water swims. When she's not running, talking about running or writing about running, she's snuggling her baby, spoiling her dog + compulsively traveling.

Interesting to hear! I haven’t seen them yet, and I’ve heard mixed things. The textures looks sueded, which would be cool. I’m kind of grooving on the black Mickey shoes.Karla Bruning recently posted..My Running New Year’s Resolutions For 2015

That’s exactly what they have done in the past–set up a shoe booth at packet pick up. Disney has said the shoes WILL be available at Everest, so it’s likely they will sell them at packet pick once again.Karla Bruning recently posted..How To Run America’s 20 Biggest Marathons in 2015